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own foreign policy. i can't go down that path. i can tell you think president bush took action on information that was available to him both from british intelligence, intelligence from our country and around the world, that hussein presented a very serious threat to the world it including the potential of weapons of mass destruction. >> america's had the reputation of being the world's policeman. certainly for my lifetime. it's quite a responsibility. is it one that america continueses to need to have? do you need to be the world's policeman? or as you see superpowers emerging, china, india, others, is it time for that responsibility to be spread around a little bit? >> i don't think any of the leaders of our nation signed up for the idea of america being the policeman of the world. the leader of the free world. i think the leader of the free world needs to be leader of the entire world. i think our nation's leadership has been perhaps the greatest source of national good on the world stage. freeing peo
own foreign policy. i can't go down that path. i can tell you think president bush took action on information that was available to him both from british intelligence, intelligence from our country and around the world, that hussein presented a very serious threat to the world it including the potential of weapons of mass destruction. >> america's had the reputation of being the world's policeman. certainly for my lifetime. it's quite a responsibility. is it one that america continueses...
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so many things foreign policy wise, i'd love to spend all day. but time is limited. >> i know. >> i'm sure you are acutely aware of that. the obama administration filed a new enforcement claim against the wto about china also rolled out a new television ad saying we're tough on china. here it is. >> tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china. and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision. said standing up to china was bad for the nation and our workers. how can mitt romney take on the cheaters when he's taking their side? >> all right. so, called china the cheaters at the same time, leon panetta had the first ever high level defense department visit there. isn't that at the least, a mixed message. at the most, hypocritical is this. >> no, i don't think so. i think secretary panetta said himself, it's a cormplicated. we have a relationship with china. it's a fairly good one. >> call him a cheater? >> well, you know, we woul
so many things foreign policy wise, i'd love to spend all day. but time is limited. >> i know. >> i'm sure you are acutely aware of that. the obama administration filed a new enforcement claim against the wto about china also rolled out a new television ad saying we're tough on china. here it is. >> tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china. and protected american workers....
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foreign policy. this has not been a foreign policy election. certainly what's happened in libya has kind of put at least the headlines to the front. do you think tomorrow makes a difference and in what way? >> yes because any time that voters see the candidates on the same stage debating big issues, it matters. and my understanding from the romney camp is that he is going to try to make this about an issue that women care about and all americans but particularly women, which is leadership. can this guy be the commander in chief. not so much a tit for tat like we saw in the last election. i was looking up rutgers has a women in politics program. i was looking on the website that women historically tend to be the ones that don't want to be in war. want to get the troops out. that's been at the forefront of a lot of elections in recent years but it's not right now. the question is what are women going to focus on, and i really do think it is the issue of leadership. >> i agree. and i think romney's going to do very well. last night he's presented
foreign policy. this has not been a foreign policy election. certainly what's happened in libya has kind of put at least the headlines to the front. do you think tomorrow makes a difference and in what way? >> yes because any time that voters see the candidates on the same stage debating big issues, it matters. and my understanding from the romney camp is that he is going to try to make this about an issue that women care about and all americans but particularly women, which is...
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very much against what has been bipartisan american foreign security policy. i'm not concerned about what she'll have to say. >> listen to how donald trump responded to charges from hillary clinton that he is thin-skinned. listen to this. >> first of all, i don't have thin skin. i have strong j thick skin. when somebody is right about me, if you do a report and it's not necessarily positive but you're right, i never complain. i do complain when it's a lie or wrong. but i have a strong temperament, and it's a good temperament, and it's an in control temperament, or i wouldn't have built all the things i've been able to do in life. >> he made those comments to jake tapper on state of the union. we've sort of seen this before the back and forth between donald trump and political rivals. in fact, a lot of those republican candidates, they brutally went after him. he beat them all rather handily. why aren't you concerned that he potentially can't do the same thing to hillary clinton? >> well, look, i don't think anyone should take trump anything but seriously. he h
very much against what has been bipartisan american foreign security policy. i'm not concerned about what she'll have to say. >> listen to how donald trump responded to charges from hillary clinton that he is thin-skinned. listen to this. >> first of all, i don't have thin skin. i have strong j thick skin. when somebody is right about me, if you do a report and it's not necessarily positive but you're right, i never complain. i do complain when it's a lie or wrong. but i have a...
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but a president is not a foreign policy expert. this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. >> pretty quick action. do they think this actually helps them score points or just change the subject? >> they're trying to change the subject and it's clearly a smashing fest a snark fest all the way around. obama campaign put out a statement saying romney hasn't made clear his foreign policy goals so he should show his cards. advisers essentially mocked his statement that russia is american's chief geopolitical foe. but bottom line, let's be clear, that the political damage in president obama's off mike remark is not necessarily specific to russia or to missile defense and foreign policy. but the damage that can be done will come in the general election when the gop can use this against president obama to argue that he has purely political goals to try to make the case that voters conditions know what he would be capable of doing in a second term which is a narrative other republicans have tried to build in the past without
but a president is not a foreign policy expert. this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. >> pretty quick action. do they think this actually helps them score points or just change the subject? >> they're trying to change the subject and it's clearly a smashing fest a snark fest all the way around. obama campaign put out a statement saying romney hasn't made clear his foreign policy goals so he should show his cards. advisers essentially mocked his statement that...
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policy sphere does not necessarily translate to a victory for the romney campaign in the foreign policy realm because of the way they've handled all this stuff. >> but the crucial part is what you said last. because of the way they've handled it. generally speaking, a loss for the president does translate into a gain. think of again jimmy carter. ronald reagan was seen as wildly inexperienced and kind of somewhat crazy on foreign policy, somewhat radical. once carter started having trouble, the iran hostage crisis, soviet invasion of afghanistan, all reagan had to show was that he was stable, that he was, you know, he wasn't going to blow up the world, and he benefited. >> i should also point out, reagan did not politicize that event. he basically put out a statement as i recall, you know, saying we stand behind -- we're all one. >> he could see that bad news was hurting the president. he didn't need to do very much to pile on. i think that in this case, because romney has bn inept, it hasn't really translated much. i agree with jessica, if something else were to happen, it might change
policy sphere does not necessarily translate to a victory for the romney campaign in the foreign policy realm because of the way they've handled all this stuff. >> but the crucial part is what you said last. because of the way they've handled it. generally speaking, a loss for the president does translate into a gain. think of again jimmy carter. ronald reagan was seen as wildly inexperienced and kind of somewhat crazy on foreign policy, somewhat radical. once carter started having...
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. >> in their second terms presidents often dabble in foreign policy by choice, maggie haberman. these seem to be knocking at the president's door. what is the test for the u.s. president, he's plenty busy as he is, in a staredown with vladimir putin over the ukraine and now the plane. >> he announced new sanctions right before this happens, that underscores where the u.s. is on this. his problem is going to be he has two crises going on. on the one hand you see what's happening in gaza, very directly related in terms of the u.s. and aid. you have congress standing firm on that. in terms of ukraine there's not going to be unanimity of opinion on what to do. there's been a lot of criticism of the president how he has gone about this and if there's no easy answer here, a lot of it falls on what is done by putin and what happens in russia. it's very complicated for him politically right now. >> that's in addition to iraq, syria, afghanistan. >> yes. >> and just this accumulation, bergdahl, of international events that are unpopular, frightening to the american public and have really
. >> in their second terms presidents often dabble in foreign policy by choice, maggie haberman. these seem to be knocking at the president's door. what is the test for the u.s. president, he's plenty busy as he is, in a staredown with vladimir putin over the ukraine and now the plane. >> he announced new sanctions right before this happens, that underscores where the u.s. is on this. his problem is going to be he has two crises going on. on the one hand you see what's happening in...
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policies. signals intelligence. some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing what isis is doing. so the former secretary of state had an unauthorized server. those are your words. in her basement, correct? >> correct. >> who was protecting that information? who was protecting that server? >> well, not much. there was -- a number of different people were assigned as administrators. >> at least seven e-mails chains or eight that was classified as tssi? >> correct. >> so the former secretary of state, one of the president's most important advisers on foreign policy and national security, had a server in her basement that had information that was collected from our most sensitive assets and it was not protected by anyone and that's not a crime? that's outrageous. people are concerned. what does it take for someone to misuse classified information and get in trouble for it? >> it takes mishandling it and criminal intent. >> so an unauthorized server in the basement is not m
policies. signals intelligence. some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing what isis is doing. so the former secretary of state had an unauthorized server. those are your words. in her basement, correct? >> correct. >> who was protecting that information? who was protecting that server? >> well, not much. there was -- a number of different people were assigned as administrators. >> at least seven e-mails chains or eight that was classified as...
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these are great foreign policy questions. there will be great debates and i look forward to having them. >> is there an area where you think hillary clinton was successful as sect? >> i think really that the issue in benghazi is an enormous issue because it is whether or not as commander in chief she'd be there for the 3:00 a.m. phone call. i think benghazi was a 3:00 a.m. phone call that she never picked up. she didn't provide the security. not just that day, for nine months. dozens and dozens of requests for more security all completely ignored. >> but the question is was there something that she did that was good. >> that's what i was trying to think. i was getting through things i remember that aren't so good and trying to think of something good. i'm not so certain of that. i think she took her eye off a very important zone. she was also a big believer in putting armscriminately into the syrian civil war. i think that made isis stronger. >> over the past week there's been some criticism of you and about your interaction
these are great foreign policy questions. there will be great debates and i look forward to having them. >> is there an area where you think hillary clinton was successful as sect? >> i think really that the issue in benghazi is an enormous issue because it is whether or not as commander in chief she'd be there for the 3:00 a.m. phone call. i think benghazi was a 3:00 a.m. phone call that she never picked up. she didn't provide the security. not just that day, for nine months....
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so, next time some smartass ferner horrified by our ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud what good is america --
so, next time some smartass ferner horrified by our ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud what good is america --
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it's the foreign policy that has built our campaign. some people think foreign policy is separate from economic policy, but what usually happens, and it's been known in most recent history, is foreign policy is the economic policy. fortunately, we never had to fight the soviets. over, i was very much aware of the fight with the soviets in the cold war, having been in the military in the '60s, but the soviets self-destructed because they expanded themselves toor far around the world and went bankrupt, and we didn't have to fight them, and we, unfortunately, are facing the same problem. we have expanded ourselves too far around the world, we have gotten in wars that are unconstitutional. we don't know why they're there, why they're over, the most important thing they could do is bring the troops home. and it would save a lot of money. we don't need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country. 130 countries, 900 bases, but think, bringing all the troops home rather rapidly, they would be spending their money here at home and
it's the foreign policy that has built our campaign. some people think foreign policy is separate from economic policy, but what usually happens, and it's been known in most recent history, is foreign policy is the economic policy. fortunately, we never had to fight the soviets. over, i was very much aware of the fight with the soviets in the cold war, having been in the military in the '60s, but the soviets self-destructed because they expanded themselves toor far around the world and went...
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they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an ambassador is, is it right that president obama says let's get this in context, let's not attack. wars are extremely costly, both financially and with the human loss of life. >> you just went from 0 to 60. what i'm saying is in 2000, 1999-2000. after 9/11, one of the things we learned from osama bin laden, the jihad strongly emboldened when there was no response to the bombing of the u.s.s. cole. there was no response that demonstrated you can not do this to americans. >> what would you have done in benghazi in the aftermath? >> i'm not a general -- >>
they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an...
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we have a foreign policy that is deeply flawed, and it is the foreign policy that always brings great nations down, and nations that overextend themselves, in our recent history what brought the soviets down? when the soviets came -- i was drafted in the '60s. they had 30,000 nuclear missiles and we didn't have to fight them but they collapsed because of their deeply flawed economic policy and their foreign policy of overextending themselves and we're doing the very same thing. people would like us to think so often, tonight we're going to talk about foreign policy. the other night we're going to be talking about economic policy. how can you talk about economic policy without dealing with all the spending overseas? that is why we need our troops to come home! we need a policy which is constitutional. the founders gave us guidelines. they said shouldn't go to war unless you declare it. we have a responsibility for a strong national defense, but today, our presidents don't come to the congress and to the people and say declare the war or not declare the war. they just go to war. sometim
we have a foreign policy that is deeply flawed, and it is the foreign policy that always brings great nations down, and nations that overextend themselves, in our recent history what brought the soviets down? when the soviets came -- i was drafted in the '60s. they had 30,000 nuclear missiles and we didn't have to fight them but they collapsed because of their deeply flawed economic policy and their foreign policy of overextending themselves and we're doing the very same thing. people would...
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and the final debate will be strictly on foreign policy. that's october 22nd in florida. bob schieffer of cbs is the moderator. be sure to catch this first debate life here on cnn. >>> 37 days from election day and new allegations of voter registration fraud, the complaints center around registration drives in florida, nevada, north carolina and colorado. they were performed by a consulting political consulting company hired by the republican national committee called strategic allied consulting. in colorado, a woman who may have worked for the company was videotaped trying to register only mitt romney supporters, take a look. >> yeah, hi. >> do you volt for romneyor obama? >> i thought you were registering voters a minute ago. >> i am. >> and who are you registering? >> all voters. >> i'm actually trying to register people for a particular party because we're out here in support of romney actually. >> and who's paying you for this? >> let me see, we're working for the county clerk's office. >> you cannot come out here and register one party, lady, are you working for the
and the final debate will be strictly on foreign policy. that's october 22nd in florida. bob schieffer of cbs is the moderator. be sure to catch this first debate life here on cnn. >>> 37 days from election day and new allegations of voter registration fraud, the complaints center around registration drives in florida, nevada, north carolina and colorado. they were performed by a consulting political consulting company hired by the republican national committee called strategic allied...
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and so, it is almost all of the women i'm considering have had some exposure to foreign policy. and national defense issues, security issues. but that is not a minimum requirement. the requirement is that they have the intellectual capacity as well as the temperament as well as the leadership qualities that lend to you -- everyone to believe that they would be ready on day one to be president of the united states of america. with regard to whether or not the president -- depends on exactly what he did and what he knew and at a minimum, at a minimum either doesn't understand his job and is having difficulty sitting down and being able to read a report because a lot of those reports come across that he says that, you know, i didn't read it or see it or know it. i don't know how he could not see and know so many different things coming up over the last three years. and so, but it is clearly a dereliction of duty and it is clearly something that i think everyone including my republican friends and my republican opponents in the house and senate worry about, as well. thank you. >> la
and so, it is almost all of the women i'm considering have had some exposure to foreign policy. and national defense issues, security issues. but that is not a minimum requirement. the requirement is that they have the intellectual capacity as well as the temperament as well as the leadership qualities that lend to you -- everyone to believe that they would be ready on day one to be president of the united states of america. with regard to whether or not the president -- depends on exactly what...
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that there will be a foreign policy agenda that is about a constructive and responsible engagement around our values, around the world, and the democracy agenda that i talked about, how we fix democracy itself. we are hungry for something other than just a show. especially a reality tv show. you know, we spend a lot of time in 2016 campaign, especially in the last several weeks when we were trying to close the deal, talking about what was wrong with trump. it wasn't enough. he sucked up all the air and all the oxygen because it was a novelty. it was a carnival, and it will be a novelty and a carnival the next time. he has shown he can perfect that. but there is the people's business to be done and we need to be talking about the people's business. >> you filled this field and you filled it again back in 2008 when barack obama was running for president and you endorsed him. and it spoke to the nature of grassroots politics and the power of grassroots politics. what is the future for grassroots politics and can grassroots politics overcome? >> it's got to. it's got to. and it's got to, and
that there will be a foreign policy agenda that is about a constructive and responsible engagement around our values, around the world, and the democracy agenda that i talked about, how we fix democracy itself. we are hungry for something other than just a show. especially a reality tv show. you know, we spend a lot of time in 2016 campaign, especially in the last several weeks when we were trying to close the deal, talking about what was wrong with trump. it wasn't enough. he sucked up all the...
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i think this is an example of a process-free foreign policy. there's no national intelligence estimate. there's no forward plan. there's no consideration of the day after. it's also an example of the disappearing congress, which has had years to thorough for bid the use of military force in the middle east and elsewhere. now to see that the trump administration may be trying to roll out one more time that 2001 authorization to use military force against iraq to justify this action -- excuse me, against afghanistan to justify this action is really sad to me. iran was a country that stood up to help us after 9/11. we ignored that, and we're in, i think, a colossal mess. just one more comment. to see those thousands of iranians lining the street in solidarity with their government when three or four weeks ago they were protesting their government is by my light an f in terms of achieving a foreign policy goal. >> that's one more consequence to the list i added before. the media consequence of the action is unified iranian people who had been prote
i think this is an example of a process-free foreign policy. there's no national intelligence estimate. there's no forward plan. there's no consideration of the day after. it's also an example of the disappearing congress, which has had years to thorough for bid the use of military force in the middle east and elsewhere. now to see that the trump administration may be trying to roll out one more time that 2001 authorization to use military force against iraq to justify this action -- excuse me,...
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let's talk about foreign policy. let's talk about leaking foreign policy secrets to hollywood. we had the british spy apparently who was outed and that absolutely put into just risk the whole mission. >> when you have -- >> the bottom line -- we shouldn't have been in libya. >> change the subject. >> no. if iraq was a disaster, then what was libya? >> let me stop you in full explosive blow. isn't the reality when we get to the election real, which is coming up, president obama will stand up and say, i said i'd get rid of bin laden, i did. >> right. >> when i went into libya i didn't lose a single american troop unlike the catastrophe, as he would put it, of iraq. he pulled the troops out of iraq and afghanistan. on the foreign policy stage very hard to see many negatives, isn't it, for president obama? >> well, he actually increased the troop numbers in afghanistan so we could argue about afghanistan. that's almost a whole separate conversation. as it concerns libya, that was nato. we had a canadian commander in charge of everything in libya. with bin laden, great. i think it's
let's talk about foreign policy. let's talk about leaking foreign policy secrets to hollywood. we had the british spy apparently who was outed and that absolutely put into just risk the whole mission. >> when you have -- >> the bottom line -- we shouldn't have been in libya. >> change the subject. >> no. if iraq was a disaster, then what was libya? >> let me stop you in full explosive blow. isn't the reality when we get to the election real, which is coming up,...
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and he called ron paul's foreign policy dangerous. so the calculation there is that ron paul is unacceptable to mainstream republicans and can't go the distance for that reason and that santorum doesn't have, again, the wherewithal to go. so gingrich seems himself as the un-romney, that the space is there between paul and santorum. so he embraces santorum, whose supporters he wants, and he sort of stiff arms ron paul, because he doesn't believe that paul is going to have this kind of showing anywhere else down the line. >> all right. well, we are still waiting to hear from rick perry tonight. candy, thank you. we'll continue checking in with you. and again, we are following these numbers very, very closely. a very tight race. our coverage continues. why did we build a 556 horsepower luxury car with a manual transmission? because there are those who still believe in the power of a firm handshake. the cadillac cts-v. manual or automatic, that's entirely up to you. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. because for every two
and he called ron paul's foreign policy dangerous. so the calculation there is that ron paul is unacceptable to mainstream republicans and can't go the distance for that reason and that santorum doesn't have, again, the wherewithal to go. so gingrich seems himself as the un-romney, that the space is there between paul and santorum. so he embraces santorum, whose supporters he wants, and he sort of stiff arms ron paul, because he doesn't believe that paul is going to have this kind of showing...
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>> we talked about fiscal policy and the showdown, obviously, but then we talked about foreign policy. as you know, wolf, he was attacked many times by the obama campaign for his views. he said he felt pretty good about his positions back then and today. your name has been mentioned a lot in recent weeks and months. a lot by your supporters, who say remember when governor romney was mocked for saying russia was our number one geopolitical foe? remember when vice president biden went after him for wanting to start a war in syria? and i think there's a feeling among some supporters that you have been vindicated to a large degree. how have you looked at the events regarding syria and russia in the last few weeks? >> i don't spend time looking back, and i'm vin indicated in my own mind from the beginning, so obviously i wouldn't have said what i said if i didn't believe it was right. i think we recognize increasingly that russia is not an enemy, certainly not a military combatant foe, but it is a political foe. the world's worst actors, whether it's north korea, cuba, venezue venezuela, s
>> we talked about fiscal policy and the showdown, obviously, but then we talked about foreign policy. as you know, wolf, he was attacked many times by the obama campaign for his views. he said he felt pretty good about his positions back then and today. your name has been mentioned a lot in recent weeks and months. a lot by your supporters, who say remember when governor romney was mocked for saying russia was our number one geopolitical foe? remember when vice president biden went after...
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he'll have the better arguments on foreign policy. >> and the big question out there is syria. i didn't hear any definitive solutions to what we should do in terms of what is going on in syria, and i also remember that newt gingrich in his campaign was back and forth and back and forth on libya and whether we should go in unilaterally or be part of a no-fly zone. >> can the white house also run on the expanded use of predator drone strikes which have been very effective in eliminating the top leadership of al qaeda and the taliban in pakistan. >> i think it's a mixed verdict. you have to give the president credit for what he did with osama bin laden, and also give him credit for flip-flopping and continuing the george bush policy, warrantless wire taps, guantanamo, keeping it open, and the drone strikes which he has increased. i wish he wouldn't say george bush violated the constitution when he did it because now he's doing the same. the worst thing he did was iran. he missed a chance when he stayed silent when the iranian people took to the streets to protest the stolen electi
he'll have the better arguments on foreign policy. >> and the big question out there is syria. i didn't hear any definitive solutions to what we should do in terms of what is going on in syria, and i also remember that newt gingrich in his campaign was back and forth and back and forth on libya and whether we should go in unilaterally or be part of a no-fly zone. >> can the white house also run on the expanded use of predator drone strikes which have been very effective in...
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and he ran back then against the iraq war and bush's foreign policy. and that was a moment in the republican party where people were a little bit more receptive to the more isolationist foreign policy. things have changed in the last two years. the rise of isis has really changed the mentality of republicans when it comes to foreign policy. and they're a lot closer to where they were in the bush era than they were -- than rand's foreign policy. that's the biggest challenge he has right now is selling that foreign policy to a republican base that is no longer with him on that. i think he's had the most challenging year over the last year in sort of figuring out where he fitz in. >> ron paul's views haven't changed a lot. he knows exactly the views that he has. he ran -- when he ran presidential campaigns, he ran on fringe elements, it wasn't as if he was ever going to make a real run for the candidacy. what is the role of ron paul when his son is running? does that matter? >> i think if you want to keep the libertarian base that's very enthusiastic and
and he ran back then against the iraq war and bush's foreign policy. and that was a moment in the republican party where people were a little bit more receptive to the more isolationist foreign policy. things have changed in the last two years. the rise of isis has really changed the mentality of republicans when it comes to foreign policy. and they're a lot closer to where they were in the bush era than they were -- than rand's foreign policy. that's the biggest challenge he has right now is...
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. >>> foreign policy is likely to be a hot topic on tuesday's debate. with events in the middle east, bernie sanders raised the issue of vice president biden's 2003 vote for the iraq war as a senator. >> joe biden voted, and helped lead the effort for the war in iraq, the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the modern history of this country. >> you're not going to get me in a fight with bernie. bernie has enough baggage. >> he said you had baggage. >> joining us now, democratic debate coach, bob barnett, who worked on 10 debate campaigns including barack obama and hillary clinton. flat glad to have you with us. >> good evening. glad i'm not standing out in the snow like jeff. >> we put you in a nice warm studio. >> let's start with joe biden. i think he has to have another strong error-free performance, try to demonstrate as he's been trying to demonstrate he's man of deep experience for eight years in the white house, many years in the senate and with foreign policy coming to the forefront over the last week, it gives him, i think, a great advant
. >>> foreign policy is likely to be a hot topic on tuesday's debate. with events in the middle east, bernie sanders raised the issue of vice president biden's 2003 vote for the iraq war as a senator. >> joe biden voted, and helped lead the effort for the war in iraq, the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the modern history of this country. >> you're not going to get me in a fight with bernie. bernie has enough baggage. >> he said you had baggage. >>...
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his foreign policy in many ways has been no different. a disciplined approach to american power that avoided big, messy wars while training a laser-like focus on terror groups like al qaeda to deadly effect. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> usa! usa! >> and yet, the cool commander in chief of the last eight years presided over the collapse of syria and the birth of isis. which gets us to a man with a much different temperament. >> i would bomb the shit out of them. >> how did one lead to the other? to understand why, you have to go back to the beginning of this story. chicago 2002. >> when i look out over this crowd today, i know there is no shortage of patriots or patriotism. ♪ >> little known illinois state senator spoke at a protest against the bush administration's plans for a war in iraq. >> i don't oppose war in all circumstances. what i do oppose is a dumb war. >> that speech in 2002 is why barack obama became president. nine days later, hillary clinton and 76
his foreign policy in many ways has been no different. a disciplined approach to american power that avoided big, messy wars while training a laser-like focus on terror groups like al qaeda to deadly effect. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> usa! usa! >> and yet, the cool commander in chief of the last eight years presided over the collapse of syria and the birth of isis. which gets us to a man with a much...
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there's no foreign policy team in place. we're not sure how this interacts with a complicated relationship with china that candidate trump also talked about. they have influence over north carolina -- north korea. it's also as if there was a pop quiz and we have a student that really wasn't ready for it. >> you have the un security council. you have it's members there including the u.s. asking for an emergency meeting. isn't that the right call? >> it's actually a case of deliberate restraint on the part of the administration. good moves all around. and i thought creating a joint response. there's no question that north korea has come up and have a coordinated response. it's not an easy question. this is a medium term missile and not quite as proactive. and underscores the importance of a national security advisor. this person coordinates all the information and how it gets to the president and who the president is listening to and i think that becomes an important question in the administration given steve bannon and steve
there's no foreign policy team in place. we're not sure how this interacts with a complicated relationship with china that candidate trump also talked about. they have influence over north carolina -- north korea. it's also as if there was a pop quiz and we have a student that really wasn't ready for it. >> you have the un security council. you have it's members there including the u.s. asking for an emergency meeting. isn't that the right call? >> it's actually a case of deliberate...
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only 38% approve his foreign policy. two years ago that was 51%. 52% of them don't trust him as commander in chief. that was 38% back in 2011. that's a pretty tough thing to hear, they don't trust him as commander in chief. >> very tough. politicians always say when they're up in the polls, they say well, the american people approve what i'm doing. they must be right. when they're down in the polls, they say i'm standing up against public opinion. i must be right. i would say this. the president believes in playing a long game. i know that. i think when they write the history of this guy, in the first paragraph, it will be that he ended two wars. and i think that's a very big thing. it's a very good thing. as i've had several of my students at georgetown serve in those wars. and i'm glad, frankly that he is standing up and say 13 years is enough. >> what is going to happen after that in terms of a legacy? if you look at iraq, if it does continue to be in the chaos that it is where you have al qaeda running rampant. yes,
only 38% approve his foreign policy. two years ago that was 51%. 52% of them don't trust him as commander in chief. that was 38% back in 2011. that's a pretty tough thing to hear, they don't trust him as commander in chief. >> very tough. politicians always say when they're up in the polls, they say well, the american people approve what i'm doing. they must be right. when they're down in the polls, they say i'm standing up against public opinion. i must be right. i would say this. the...
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when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s. it's like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. you say you are not interested in duplicating what happened in iraq, but just a few weeks ago you said we should have more troops in iraq. the challenge we have, i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy, but every time you overed an opinion, you have been wrong. you said we should have gone to iraq despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans voted for it. you said that first we should not have a timeline in afghanistan and then said we should. now i say maybe or it depends. that means not only were you wrong, but also confusing and sending mixed messages to troops and allies. what we need to do with respect to the mideast is strong steady leadership and not wrong and
when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s. it's like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. you say you are not interested in duplicating what happened in iraq, but just a few weeks ago you said we should have more troops in iraq. the challenge we have, i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy, but every time you overed an opinion, you have been wrong. you said we should have gone to...
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you get down to 9% say foreign policy here. also, i think this is really interesting, guys, and something to watch. are you looking for somebody who shares your positions? or are you looking for somebody who can defeat joe biden? that's your ultimate goal in this republican nomination race. you see here it's about a 60/40 split. 59% looking for a republican candidate who shares their positions. 41% looking for somebody with a strong chance of beating biden. >> so what if their position is to beat biden? >> why does it matter what their position is if they can't win? but okay. david -- >> thank you. >> thanks, david. >> do you remember when ron desantis said in 2015, just hit obama for not sending more weapons to ukraine? >> yeah. >> after crimea. it was a completely different position. he said obama was making a mistake. why do you think that -- >> he didn't mention when he talked about this territorial thing that actually russia invaded ukraine's territory. but it's not just a territorial thing. >> he's saying basically it's n
you get down to 9% say foreign policy here. also, i think this is really interesting, guys, and something to watch. are you looking for somebody who shares your positions? or are you looking for somebody who can defeat joe biden? that's your ultimate goal in this republican nomination race. you see here it's about a 60/40 split. 59% looking for a republican candidate who shares their positions. 41% looking for somebody with a strong chance of beating biden. >> so what if their position is...
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this was a major foreign policy gaffe. that same interview, he said that israel -- complaints from israel were just noise. referred to israel's complaints about iran, nuclear program in new york now. he has time to go on "the view" but can't meet with binyamin netanyahu? >> governor romney is about to speak before the clinton global initiative. audience is full of fleleaders m around the world. people that can effect change to the world. what should mr. romney say to prove to no only them but to voters that he can handle foreign apairs and he does have the answer to the problems you are talking about? specifics. should he mention specific? >> i think he's actually putting forward specifics today. he is laying out a vision for major reform of u.s. foreign aid to take -- he's going to put condition -- u.s. foreign aid to countries on their opening up their markets and moving barriers to trade and in investment and making free market reform. i think he will lay out a positive vision today. again, i know we are talking about m
this was a major foreign policy gaffe. that same interview, he said that israel -- complaints from israel were just noise. referred to israel's complaints about iran, nuclear program in new york now. he has time to go on "the view" but can't meet with binyamin netanyahu? >> governor romney is about to speak before the clinton global initiative. audience is full of fleleaders m around the world. people that can effect change to the world. what should mr. romney say to prove to no...
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replaced this week as we talk about foreign policy. is mitt romney's weaker? >>> an afghan talks about the day he turned on the u.s. soldier who trained him to be a police officer, killing two of them. that before this date, we have to exceed expectations. we have to find new ways to help make life easier, more convenient and more rewarding. it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. solutionism. the new optimism. and the human element mom: ready t♪ go to work?. ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> all right, that music means it's time to talk politics and a political shift happened this past week.
replaced this week as we talk about foreign policy. is mitt romney's weaker? >>> an afghan talks about the day he turned on the u.s. soldier who trained him to be a police officer, killing two of them. that before this date, we have to exceed expectations. we have to find new ways to help make life easier, more convenient and more rewarding. it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪...
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and -- let's get back to foreign policy. it is. >> soledad it is foreign policy. because if you don't have a strong economy, you can't be strong abroad and you can't carry out a foreign policy. mitt romney's policy is to go back to the economy that we had before. >> on foreign policy you are the senate foreign relations chairman. you travel abroad all the time. does mitt romney have a point that the perception of the world, supposed to get so much of the united states was supposed to get so much better after george w. bush left and obama took over and that hasn't happened. >> oh, yes it has happened. are you kidding me it hasn't happened? after ambassador stevens was killed, dana, 30,000 libyans took their signs, said we love you, ambassador stevens. we love you america. they marched, they marched on the militia headquarters that had done this. they disarmed them themselves. we have changed perceptions throughout that part of the world. now they're going through a very complicated moment. i mean, nobody, no islamists, and not the united states, told a fruit vendor
and -- let's get back to foreign policy. it is. >> soledad it is foreign policy. because if you don't have a strong economy, you can't be strong abroad and you can't carry out a foreign policy. mitt romney's policy is to go back to the economy that we had before. >> on foreign policy you are the senate foreign relations chairman. you travel abroad all the time. does mitt romney have a point that the perception of the world, supposed to get so much of the united states was supposed...
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unfortunately it's not donald trump's foreign policy. specifically, too, he talked about opposing russian strikes in syria, which donald trump has said he doesn't have a problem with, and also whether or not donald trump praised putin, which he has. and that's another reason why some people think, oh, maybe this is about pence 2020, not about defending donald trump's position. >> i think their foreign policy is very much in line. donald trump has said that he doesn't like the type of leadership that putin has but he is a strong leader. in fact, he has used the united states as a marionette puppet over the last eight years. with the russian reset. baiting us into trusting them, invading crimea. secretary clinton encouraging companies to invest in russia. taking millions from foreign countries, russia included. we've been used like a marionette puppet. they've been the stronger leader over the obama administration. those are very much in line. >> simon, there is according to polls and focus groups, there is an impression that mike pence wo
unfortunately it's not donald trump's foreign policy. specifically, too, he talked about opposing russian strikes in syria, which donald trump has said he doesn't have a problem with, and also whether or not donald trump praised putin, which he has. and that's another reason why some people think, oh, maybe this is about pence 2020, not about defending donald trump's position. >> i think their foreign policy is very much in line. donald trump has said that he doesn't like the type of...